I Wrote A Poem

[kerravonsen]

Empty Vessels

It screams at us "Go out and buy"
Until our goods will reach the sky
We never even wonder why
Or where our money went;
The song of discontent.

It swears ambition is the best
And only competition's blessed
And you must rise above the rest
Spend all in your ascent;
The song of discontent.

Relaxation's always lazy
Satisfaction must be crazy
We must never take it easy
For rest is time misspent;
The song of discontent.

It looks at a half-empty glass
Says over there is greener grass
Insists our gold is only brass
And we must now lament;
The song of discontent.

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(Because I am sick of feeling defensive about my lack of ambition.)

Comments

[kittylefish.livejournal.com]

i love it! and i have never had much 'ambition' either, except to develop myself as a human being. i remember saying a couple of decades ago that i was not a 'careerist.' this was back when i lived in nyc, so it was even more radical of a stance, lol. and then clarified that all i wanted was to be a 'right-on, self-actualizing woman,' lol.

you are so talented and accomplished, you should never feel like you have to defend your life choices to anybody. <3

[kerravonsen]

all i wanted was to be a 'right-on, self-actualizing woman,'

Right on! 8-)

you are so talented and accomplished, you should never feel like you have to defend your life choices to anybody. <3

♥
Problem is, it's usually an inner voice that I am trying to defend against, not anything external!

[kittylefish.livejournal.com]

hmm. well then you might consider whether that voice is your higher self trying to get you to make some sort of course correction, or whether it's your internalized inner critic. because you know, we all have one of those, and if that's what it is, it's really no different than someone outside you, and you might consider telling it to shut up. ;)

[kerravonsen]

True. 8-/